Growing Environments

Most bamboo will grow in most soils and will grow faster with adequate water.  It is important to remember it is not a swamp plant or a desert plant.  Most species need a well drained soil to thrive.  Clay soils also nurture Bamboo and need less water and fertiliser to thrive.Bamboo planted in sandy soils needs to be watered and fertilised more often to look there best.  

Most tropical species do not like a minimum temperatures less than 0 degrees Celsius where as sub-tropical species are very cold tolerant and can grow at  minimum temperatures as low as -12 degrees Celsius or more.  If planting young plants where you get frost.  It is a good idea to protect them for the first year. 

Most bamboos will clump tighter, grow straighter and taller in a forest environment.  In full sun they grow quicker, bushier and with more culms however not as tall.

Bamboo makes fast growing wind breaks, sound barriers and hedges.  Also it is one of the best plants for controlling erosion and many of these are drought tolerant.

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